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NBPCB Board Members
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Allen Harris, ME President Des Moines, Iowa Director, Iowa Department for the Blind |
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C Edwin Vaughan, PhD Vice-President Atherton, California Former University professor; author of numerous books in the blindness field |
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Edward Bell, PhD, NOMC Secretary/Treasurer Ruston, Louisiana Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech University |
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Jeff Altman, MA, NOMC NOMCT Chairman Lincoln, Nebraska Orientation and Mobility Instructor, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
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Christine Boone, JD Kalamazoo , Michigan Director, Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center |
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Joe Cordova Honolulu, Hawaii Administrator, Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services/Blind Division; former Regional Commissioner, Chicago/Kansas City region, Rehabilitation Services Administration; former national director, Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Rehabilitation Services Administration; former deputy director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind |
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James Gashel Colorado Vice President of Marketing, KNFB Reading Technologies; former Director for Governmental Affairs, National Federation of the Blind; former Director, Iowa Orientation and Adjustment Center for the Blind |
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Lea Grupen, MEd, CRC Honolulu, Hawaii Orientation Center and Field Services Director at Ho'opono Services for the Blind, Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind in Honolulu, Hawaii |
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James Omvig, JD Arizona Author and consultant on issues concerning blindness; former Director, Iowa Orientation and Adjustment Center for the Blind, Handicapped Employment Program, Office for Civil Rights, Social Security Administration and Alaska Center for Blind and Deaf Adults |
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Fredric Schroeder, PhD, NOMC Vienna, Virginia Research Professor, San Diego State University; President, International Council on English Braille; Master's Degreed O&M instructor; former director of Special Education programs for the Albuquerque, New Mexico schools; former Director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind; former Commissioner, Federal Rehabilitation Services Administration |
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Pearl Van Zandt, PhD Lincoln, Nebraska Director, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Peer reviewer for the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness; and former President of the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind |











